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Hollywood does not make them like this anymore...


I wish they would make tv movies/miniseries like this on television now. It seemed that in the 1970's and 1980's they made alot of these wonderful tv movies. This is on the top of the list.

Jack Lemmon is great-would you or I have the courage to do what he did? I wonder. He is excellent in this as well as the rest of the cast. Also I will give a shout out to Charles Dutton-acting at its best.

I could feel the anger and rage of this movie coming right through the television set. I was tense throughout with such a sad ending.

Justice was served years later but it does not make up for past sins especially the prosecutor who created this situation to begin with instead of doing a thorough investigation- just to make a name for himself which he was rewarded becoming the next Governor.

Heartbreaking do not miss.

8 out of 10.

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The actors all brought their A games. Not only a sad story - a very scary one.

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